2008 Conference Committee Topics



Security Council

Topics:

Open Agenda

Members:

Belgium, Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Slovakia, South Africa, China, France, United Kingdom, United States of America, Russian Federation



Historical Security Council

Topics:

Open Agenda (1956)

Members:

Australia, Belgium, China, Cuba, France, Iran, Peru, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yugoslavia



GA 1 First Disarmament and International Security

Topics:

1. Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
2. " Towards a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World: Accelerating the Implementation of Nuclear Disarmament Commitments

Members:

ALL countries have a seat



GA 3 Social, Cultural and Humanitarian

Topics:

1. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment of Punishment
2. International Cooperation against the World Drug Problem

Members:

ALL countries have a seat



Economic and Social Council

Topics:

1. Economic and Environmental Questions: Science and Technology for Development
2. Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Responses to Violence Against Women and Girls
3. Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance of the United Nationsg

Members:

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America



Commission for Population and Development

Topics:

1. The Changing Age Structures of the Populations and their Implications for Developmen
2. Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health

Members:

Cameroon, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Armenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America



The Arab League

Topics:

1. Addressing Extremism in the Arab World
2. Defining a Common Policy Towards Israel
3. Freedom of Press in the Arab Region

Members:

Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Kuwait, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Mauritania, Somalia, Palestine, Djibouti, Comoros, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman

NOTE: These seats will NOT be distributed normally. For each 10 delegates a school registers, they have the option of placing of of said delegates as a representative of the Arab League. Both country choices and seats will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each school will submit their Arab League country requests with their UN bodies country request. Seats are limited and those schools who register first will have priority.



Organization of American States


Spanish Language Committee

Topics:

1. Combatting Corruption
2. Freedom of Expression in Latin America
3. Bringing Education to the Underprivileged in the Americas

Members:

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vicent and the Grenadinas, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela



Organizacion del Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica (OTCA)/Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)

Specialized Spanish Language Committee

Topics:

1. Progress towards the goals set out in the ACTO Strategic Plan 2004-2012
2. Effects of Climate Change in the Amazon Basic 3. Conservation and sustainable use of Natural Resources

Members:

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

NOTE: This committee will be double delegated.



Paris Peace Conference - 1919 (Historical)

This committee will draft a treaty to create a lasting peace after the Great War.
*Experienced delegates only - Application required

Members:


* Georges Clemenceau (France)
* David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
* Woodrow Wilson (United States of America)
* Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
Nikola Pasic (Serbia)
Eleutherios Venizelos (Greece)
Eduard Benes (Czechoslovakia)
Ignacy Paderewski (Poland)
Jan Christian Smuts (South Africa)
Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Turkey)
Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
Billy Hughes (Australia)
Baron Makina Nobuaki (Japan)
Brockdorf-Rantzau (Weimar Republic)
Please Note: In order to maintain historical accuracy, only the delegates whose names are starred will have a vote. However, all delegates will be expected to argue their points and, subsequently, take sufficient interest in the points of their allies and colleagues. * Assignments for this committee will begin Oct. 22nd. Advisors will be notified of their student's placement. Late applications will be accepted as long as there are spaces to be filled. * We will not accept more than three applications from each school.